The Holy Quran 2:51 — Surah Al-Baqarah

Arabic text

وَإِذْ وَٰعَدْنَا مُوسَىٰٓ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً ثُمَّ ٱتَّخَذْتُمُ ٱلْعِجْلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ وَأَنتُمْ ظَـٰلِمُونَ

Translation

(Remember also the time) When We fixed forty nights for Moosa (after which We gave him the Torah), then you (the Bani Israa'eel) started worshipping the calf (which Saamiri crafted for you) after he (Moosa) had departed, (thereby) acting most unjustly (by worshipping something besides Allaah).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The worship of the calf: and this story and this favour too are worth remembering: We promised Musa ﵇ that We would grant him the Torah, [setting a term of] forty days and nights, and after he had gone to Mount Tur the Children of Israel began worshipping the calf. And you are grievously unjust, in that you made the calf a god.

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